Acts and Papers of Parliament, etc. 1913-1916 • The Hydro-Electric Company of Tasmania, information on the proposal before Parliament. 1913; • Hydro-Electric Power and Metallurgical Co. Ltd. report by E. Parry presented to Parliament 1914; • Interim Report on the Hydro-Electric Construction Scheme 23 Dec. 1915.; • Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavray) Lease Enabling Bill 1916; • Hydro-Electric Department; statement by the Minister for Works 5 Nov. 1919.
Collection consists of draft copy of "The Story of the Development of Hydro-Electricity in Tasmania" by A.J. Gilles & F.C. Green, Notes and extracts from Gillies Paper, copies of Acts of Parliament 1913-16, and various photographs and newspaper cuttings.
Letters from Albert J . Gillies to Frank C. Green (1959-61) commenting on the draft manuscript and enclosing extracts from his father's papers and from newspapers that might be quoted. Includes articles in Mercury newspaper dated 9.7.1915 and 18.3.1922, undated article by A.S. Gill "The Australian zinc-industry". Letter from John Butters dated 9 July 1959.
• Photograph of J.H. Gillies, head and shoulders. ND ?c[1900-1910] ; • Photographs of site of dam and power station, River Shannon, Great Lake and Ouse (? from printed paper) ; • "Stock Exchange Journal of Australasia" 13 August 1913, photo of J.H. Gillies and article on Hydro Electric Power and Metallurgical Co. Ltd. ; • Official opening of Hydro-Electric Power Scheme, "Tasmanian Mail” 11 May 1916 ; • Photo of bush scene with mud "memorial" to the Complex Ores. N.D. ; • "Great Lake Power Development" from H.E.C. leaflet c 1954.
Draft copy of "The Story of the Development of Hydro-Electricity in Tasmania" by A.J. Gilles & F.C. Green from the papers of the Complex Ores Company, the Hydro-Electric Power and Metallurgical Company and the private papers of J.H. Gillies 'who brought Hydro-Electricity to Tasmania'. Typescript with ms corrections and notes
